--- title: "Elon Musk’s Daughter Vivian Says He’s a “Delusional and Grubby Little Control Freak”" description: "Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, is once again illustrating why she wants nothing to do with her famous father." date: "2024-11-09" modified: "2024-11-09" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/vivian-wilson-slams-elon-musk-control-freak" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "musk family" - "the digest" - "vivian jenna wilson" --- # Elon Musk’s Daughter Vivian Says He’s a “Delusional and Grubby Little Control Freak” ![Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, is once again illustrating why she wants nothing to do with her famous father.]() *\Image: Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty\* ## Fire With Fire Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk's estranged transgender daughter whom he's taken to attacking in public, is once again illustrating why she wants nothing to do with her famous father. Responding to Wilson's assertion that she cannot "[see my future being in the United States]()" under another [transphobic Donald Trump administration](), [Musk again misgendered]() his 20-year-old daughter. Not one to [take such attacks]() lying down, the young woman — who legally changed her name at age 18 to [distance herself from her father]() — cut to the heart of the matter. "If I'm correct, the reason why this particular post is the one that got to you is that you're mad that you finally don't have power over someone," [Wilson posted](), referencing her [post-election missive]() about wanting to leave the US. "You're upset because at the end of the day everyone around you knows you as a delusional and grubby little control freak who hasn't matured as a person for 38 years." "However," she continued, "last time I checked that's not my fucking problem." Earlier in the same thread, Wilson also took on [her father's bigoted claim]() that he'd "lost" his "son" to wokeness. "Did anyone ever actually believe this?" [she wrote](). "It's just tired, it's overdone, it's cliché. I'm just bored honestly, like is this really the best you could come up with?" ## Second Time's the Charm This isn't the first time Wilson has [suggested her dad]() is misleading people about her childhood. After his [first time claiming]() that the woke mind virus had killed her, [Wilson rebutted]() that the entire conceit was "completely made up." "He doesn’t know what I was like as a child because he quite simply wasn’t there, and in the little time that he was I was relentlessly harassed for my femininity and queerness," [she wrote in that July post]() on Meta's Twitter clone. "Obviously he can’t say that, so I’ve been reduced to a happy little stereotype f\*g-ing along to use at his discretion." "I think that says alot about how he views queer people," Wilson continued, "and children in general." With her assertion that her dad is a "grubby little control freak," Wilson seems to once again be suggesting that Musk's attitude towards children ([and women]()) is less one of love than of conquest — one that's apparent to onlookers even without this intimate insider's perspective. **More on Musk's family:** [*Grimes Reportedly Joining Elon Musk's Compound for His Children and Mothers*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()